Copyright of Titles

[Brian Stonehill Media Studies Pomona College]

jim bisso asked,

>Does anybody know if Pynchon (or his lawyers) sued over the science fiction TV
>series (or novelization thereof) called V.?

Not to put too fine a point on it, the case would be a weak one, since the
miniseries was called _V_, whereas the novel, as is periodically noted here, is
called _V._.  Case (as we L.A. County taxpayers can't wait to hear) closed.

Cheers,  Brian